Donella Meadows Quotes
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To me, a bag in a tree is like a flag of chaos, and when I remove it, I'm capturing the flag of the other side. In the end, it doesn't matter how ironic or serious or even effective on a larger scale bag snagging may be.
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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.
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Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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I don't like laziness or cutting corners.
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
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Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
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You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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We have seven pillars of development. India has a cutting edge information technology industry. We are setting up a technology park. We would like to see technology penetration iin education. Besides, we would like to see cooperation in industries like fashion, filmmaking, ship-building, education, health and energy.
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A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.
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I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness.
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Many of us who have cars have felt some form of extreme anger at other drivers because we feel they have put us in harm's way. We might even envision ramming their cars or cutting them off in return, but do we actually do it? No, because the overwhelming majority of us never want to take another human life.
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Sports is my passion.
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We are in the the entertainment business, and we all know if you are top of the tree, you get big money.
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Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using.
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You can cut a tree down, and it grows back. Once a species goes, it's gone forever.
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I love it when a man cooks; it's one of those points that makes me adore a guy. I think it's so romantic and I feel cared for when a man cooks.
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Drink to me. Drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.
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For a ballad's a thing you expect to find lies in.
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You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.
